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MACHINE FOR SHAPING SASH-RAILS.

SEFECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,485, dated September 23, 1884:.

Application filed November 7, 1283. (No model.)

i all whom it may c0ncerm- Be it known that I, GEORGE W. STEELE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, Passaic county, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Shaping Sash-Rails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to produce a machine which will rapidly form, shape, and complete sash-rails by one continuous operation.

The invention consists of various devices and driving mechanism, which will hereinaf- Figurel of the drawings represents one side of the machine in elevation, partly movable. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the opposite side of the machine. Fig. 3 is a plan of the machine. Fig. 4: is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is detailed view of the carrying mechanism and guides, part sectional. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the pressure-spring. Fig. 8is a plan of the molding mechanism, part sectional. Fig. 9 is a plan ofthe tenon-head, part sectional. Fig. 10 is a plan of a rail, showing the mortises. Fig. 11 is a side view of the same. Fig. 12 is a side view of the same cut to a length. Fig. 13 is a plan of the rail having the tenons formed. Fig. 14: is the same having copes formed. Fig. 15 is the same having holes bored for the relish. Fig. 16 is the same with the relish formed. Figs. 17 and 18 show the rails molded and completed. Fig. 19 is a plan is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 21 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 22 is a rear elevation of the same, and Fig. 23 is a plan, part sectional. Fig. 24 is a plan of the relishing mechanism. Fig. 25 is the same in elevation. Fig. 26 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 27 is a rear elevation of the same, and Fig. 28 is a section of the adjusting mechanism.

A represents the main frame of the'machine, to and on which there are arranged and secured the various devices and driving mechanism, as follows:

at one end with pulleys C and C and at its.

other end with a pulley, 0' and centrally with a drum, 0, as shown in Fig. 4. More celltrally located and journaled in suitable bearings arranged in the frame Athere is a shaft, D having arranged and secured H on one end of the same a pulley, D, and more centrally arranged thereon a pulley, D. More elevated there is j ournaled in bearings secured to the frame of the machine a shaft, F having arranged and secured on the ends of the same crank-disks F F, and more centrally arranged and secured thereon pulley F and gear Wheel F", as shown in Figs. 2 and 14. More elevated on the machine, and journaled atone endin the frame A, and at the other in telescoping shafts N said telescoping shafts being journaled in the movable frame A", are shafts N N, on one end of which shafts there are arranged and secured hexagon-disks N N, the telescoping shafts having arranged and secured on them. like hexagon-disks, which disks carry chains, which chains are composed of inner links, N and outer links, N the links being connected by pivot-bolts N. The links N are made wider than the links N as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. Above the carrying-chains there are located guide-bars It B, said bars having curved ends. One of the bars R is secured at one end to the frame by a bolt, R and at its curved end to the plate A which plate is secured to the different sides of the frame of the machine. The other bar R is secured to the movable frame A by a bolt, 1%, at one end of the same, and at its curved end to a stud, It, which stud is secured to the movable frame A. Said ranged in their frame as to overlap each other.

The frames R are arranged in and are carried by frames R and are provided with a wheel and screw R as shown in Fig. 6. On the front of the machine, and suitably secured to projection B, are guide-rods B on and over which rods moves a carriage, B, said car riage having suitable. eyes to adapt the same to fit the slide or guide rods B. The carriageframe is provided with slots B that are longitudinally arranged in said frame, in which slots there are adj ustabl y arranged and secured, bybolts B, slide'frames B, having arms B to which arms there are adj ustabl y secured, by bolts B, tool-stocks 13, carrying hollow chisels b, secured by set-screw 12 through which chisels pass boring-tools b b, said boring-tools being arrangedin the ends of tool-stocks ca and securedin said tool-stocks by set-screws b b. The tool-stocks a a are'journaled in bearings B secured to the frames 13 by bolts 13", as shown in Figs. 19 and 20. The frames B are arranged in vertical guides B, and are adjustably secured therein by bolts B and are provided with a wedge-bar, B.

provided with a screw, 13", and a wheel, B,

and the screws 13 are arranged in projections B Figs. to 23, inclusive. The ends of the carriage B are provided with studs F F, on

- which studs there are journaled links F F,

ranged in openings F said links having adjustable bearings F ar- Said bearings are secured adjustably by a screw, The opposite ends of the links F F are journaled on studs F F, secured in crank-disks F F, which disks are arranged on the ends of shafts F (Shown in Figs.'1 and 2.) To the projections B on the back part of the machine there are secured slide-rods B. On and over said rods slide carriages a afiwhich carriages have suitable eyes to adapt them to fit on the sliderods B On the carriages a a there are journaled in adjustable bearings c0 shafts a a. The shafts are provided with collars a, to prevent the lateral movement of the same.

' The shaft of is provided with a boring-tool, (6 which tool is secured in said shaft by set-screw a The shaft a is provided with .a relishing-head, a having cutters a, secured in recesses a by set-screws a. The periphery of said head is provided with saws a. Said saws are secured-t0 the relishing head by set-screws a, and said head is secured to the shaft a by set-screws c The bearings of the shaft a are arranged in slots a, and

Said bar is are adjustably held therein by bolts of. The bearings a are supported upon plates a, that are arranged to slide vertically in plates a, in which plates a and a are slots a and a, in which slots there are arranged the wedge ends B of bar B". The plates a are secured to the carriages a a. by bolts to, and the bearings are secured in plates a by bolts a as shown in Figs. 24:, to 28, inclusive. The bar. 13" is provided with a screw, 13*, and

wheel B. On the back part of the machine there is journaled,in the frame, A a shaft, 20, having suitably arranged and secured there on a disk, 21, to which disk there is suitably secured a lever, 22. Said lever is arranged to engage with acam, 23, which cam is secured on shaft F armsL, which arms are secured to shaft 20 by set-screws and are suitably bracketed at their upper ends to the frame or carriages a a. (Shown in Fig. 5.)

Suitably located on and secured to the frame A and A are vertical rail-guides EH The guides H are adjustably secured to the frames by bolts H Z in slots H and Z, and are pro vided with vertical plates that are adj ustably secured in slotted lugs, with which the guide H is provided, by bolts H On the inner sides of the frames A A there are suitably arranged and secured tables GG,

.in which tables are arranged saws T T, tenon-.

The shaft 20 is provided with V heads T T, and coping-tools T T. The saws T T are provided with shafts and pulleys l? P,

and are journaled in frames P P. The tenoning cutter-shafts I P are journaledin movable bearings P', the upper and lower shafts, P P,

, on which are the upper and lower tenon-heads T T, are provided with pulleys P P and the movable bearings 1? P are supported in The belts which rotate the tent" i, which pulleys are pivoted on the ends of Ir 5 levers n n. Said levers are pivoted on frames 1? P by stud t i. Said levers are adjustably arranged in slotst'z'and notches nn. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 2.) The shafts carrying the coping-tools are vertically arranged in tables G G at the top and in steps T T, the shafts having pulleys T, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The coping-shafts are provided with copingtools T T, Fig. 3. Suitably located in the theback part of the machine are frictioncones a a", which cones are arranged in bearings that areformed in plate or table a centrally, and at thebottom in steps formed in the frame A. The cone a is provided with a pulley, a, and a gear-wheel, a, which wheel meshes with alike gear-wheel, (4, arranged and sehaving recesses'formed therefor in the molding-table (i The cone a is provided with a suitable space for adjustment, a, as shown in Fig. 8.

To the table a", which table is pivoted in the center to the frame A, there is arranged and adj ustably secured by a bolt, 43, and spring 41, a guide-bar, 42. The molding-table a outside of the frame A, (shown in Fig. 8,) is provided with a guard, A, which guard is bolted to the frame A. In said guard there are suitablyjournaled the shafts of feed-roller 36 and molding-head 35, and secured thereto spring 57 and cover 37, Fig. 4. The outer ends of the shafts are journaled in abracket, 30. The molding-shaft is provided with a pulley, 32, and the feed-roller shaft with a pulley, 44, and spring 31, as shown in Fig. 8. At the back of the guard A there is secured a plate, 34, and to the table a a similar plate, which plates are provided with slots 62, in which slots are arrangedbolts 63' The guard A is provided witha screw, 61, that works in screw-nut GOand wheel 33. The feed-roller is provided with a screw and wheel, 40, and the spring with a like wheel, and screw 39, Figs. 4, 5, and 8. The screw 39 is arranged in a screw-nut,51, arranged and secured in a-plate,

, 52, by bolts 54. The springs 53 have bearings 5.5 and 56, and extensions 57. (Shown in Fig.

Operation: Motion is given to the drivingshaft S in any usual way. means of a belt, rotates the shaft S, which shaft in turn, by means of pulley C and belt, rotates the shalt D which, by means of belt from pulley D, rotates the shaft F ",wh ich in turn by gear-wheel F, that meshes with gearwhcel N, rotates the shaft N and the shaft N,- by means of the carrying chains, rotates the shaft N. The cam 23, beingin motion, engages lever 22, and in its engagement therewith rocks the shaft 20, which shaft, by means of levers or arms L, reciprocates the carriages a a and their working devices. The

. shaft F reciprocates the carriage B by means of links F belts, rotate pulleys a h, boring-tool a and The drums EfE by means of relishing-head a". The drum 0, being in rotation, rotates by means of belts, pulleys a a, and their shafts, and by means of said pulleys and shafts boring-tools b b. The drum c and pulley 0 both of which are in rotation, rotate by means of belts, saws T T and tenonheads T T, and coping-tools T T. Mot-ion is imparted by shaft D to pulley a by a belt, and by the same act-ion to the friction-cone a gear-wheel, a, and by means of said wheel to a like gear-wheel, a, that meshes therewith, and turns the frictionrcone a Fig. 2, pulley D, and pulley a, rotates feed-roller 36 by means of a belt. Pulley E, by means of a belt, rotates the molding-head 35 and its shaft, Fig. 5. The machine having been put in motion in the manner stated, the railsto be shaped are placed in between the vertical The pulley E, by

guides H and H one upon another, said guides having been adjusted to the width of said rails by the adjustments Z. The carriage B, which is in reciprocation, carries toolstocks B B their shafts and pulleys a a, hollow chisels b b, boring-tools b b,which latter are in rotation, and which by the reciprocating movement of the carriage B are brought into forcible contact with the rail 00. \Vhile in contact therewith the boring-tools b bflbore the holes at 00, followed by the chisels b I), which square the holes made by the action of the bits ortools b b, which action forms the mortises x a for the bars of the sash ,the reciprocating movement of the carriage B being in point of time just long enough to allow the boringtools I) b and chisels b I) to perform the work stated, after which the carriage B retires, carrying with it the tool-stocks AA and B their shafts, pulleys, boring-tools, chisels, 82c. After this action the first rail placed in thevertical guides, which holds'the next above in suit able position for the action of the boring-tools and chisels, as stated, is carried away without the action of the bits and chisels thereon by carrying-chains into contact with the sizing saws T T, the rail being held down in position on the chain by presser-blocks It R and wheels B adjusted by screws R, R and R The saws, in their contact with the rail or, while the saineis passing, remove the inequalities The tenon-heads T T, having been adjusted by the screws P P in their contact with the rail x, while the same is passing, form the tenons x on the ends of the rail. The rail is carried forward by the chains into contact with the coping-tools T T, which tools in their action on the rail 00 form the copes The carriages a ta which carry tool-stocks aa, being in reciprocation, advance on the guides B and bring the boring-tools a? and i relishing-heads a both of which are in rotation, into contactwith the rail .r, and in such contact the boring-tools a a bore the holes a and the heads a a with their cutters a a, and saws a a form the relishes m After this action the carriages a a and their operating devices retire on the guides, and the rail x is carried by the chains down .the curves under guide-bars R It, as shown in Fig. 6, until the rail 21:, by gravity, falls between. the friction-cones a" a, which cones change the course of the rail m to one at right angles with its previous motion. The motion of the rail 00 is continued by the cones, guided by bar L2, until the end of the rail passes under feed-roller 36, which roller passes the rail or into its contact with the molding-head 35, said head, which is in rotation, having been adjusted to the thickness of the rail by screw 61 and wheel 33, which adjusts the moldingtable and work to the cutter-head, is adapted to shape the rail as desired, and while the A", with its operating devices, to suit the va-- rious lengths of rails to be shaped. The toolstocks a a are adjusted in the slots B in the carriage B to suit the various positions where mortises are to be made for the difierent lengths of rails to be shaped, and are held to their several adjustments by the bolts 13 and B and are vertically adjusted by inclines or wedges B under the influence of screw B and wheel 13, and are held to their adjustments by bolts B B The stocks B B? are adjusted on-arms B and are held to their adj ustments by bolts B. The boring and mortising tools are held in position by set-screws b 1)". (Shown in Figs. 19 to 23, inclusive.) The toolstock a is adjusted laterally in slots a, and is held to its adjustments by bolts (1 The heads a are held 011 their stocks by set-screws a a, and the boring-tools a on by set-screws a a. Said stocks are vertically adjusted by wedge-bars B". by means of screw 13 and wheel B, and are held to their adjustments by bolts a a as shown in Figs. elusive.

The unshaped rails may be piled up between the vertical guides H H until they reach the top of the same, which gives ample time for the attendant to remove the shaped rails from the end of the machine. As before stated, the first rail placed in the machine is carried away without the action of the boring and mortising tools 12 b and b b, the same having held the next above in suitable position for the action of said tools before being carried away by the carrying-chains, after which, the rail below or at the bottom having been bored and mortised, holds the next above for such action before being carried forward .by the chains, and so successively. As the chains take away the rail at the bottom, the rail above by gravity falls down on the chains to be carried forward in turn. The first rail drops from the machine minus the mortises w 00 while all succeeding rails are entirely shaped before they drop from the machine.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent in a machine for shaping sashrails, is- I 1. The combination, with the friction-cones a ed", of the carrying-chains, with their shafts and disks, and curved guide-bars for guiding the rails m, carried by the chains, and cutters operating upon the rails while so carried, the cones carrying the rails in a course at right angles with its previous motion, with suitable .mechanism for rotating the cones, mechanism for rotating the shafts and disks, with suitable mechanism for adjusting, supporting, and securing the cones, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the friction-cones a a, which carry the rails a; on a different plane and in a course at right angles with that of its previous motion, of the table a which surrounds said cones, and which supports the rail 0:, and which is adj ustably secured to the frame A, the frame a having a guide, 42,

i with means for adjusting said guide, and with a cutter operating on the rail while fed over table a, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination,'with the table a that surrounds the cones and supports the rail 00 on its lower plane and changed course, of the guide-bar for guiding the rail 00 while the rail is passing over, and supported by said table in its passage tothe cutter-head 35, and cutter-head for molding the rail :13, with draftroller 36, for continuing the motion of the rail over said table and under-said cutter-head, and springsfor pressure on' the rail 00, and friction-cones for forwarding said rail so over said table to-said draft-roller, cutter-head, and spring, with suit-able mechanism for rotating the draft-roller and molding-head, with their adjusting, securing, and supporting means,

adjusting and securing means for the springs,

substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the friction-cones and carrying-chains, and curved guide-bars R, provided with mechanism for holding the rail 00 on the chains, of the vertical holders or guides H H for holding the rails a, and frame A, for adjusting its operating devices to the various lengths of rails 00, to be shaped andheld by said holders H H with adjusting and supporting means for the frame A, with adjusting and securing means for the holders or guides H H and securing means for the guide-bars R, and cutters acting on the rails while fed by the chains, substantially as described- 5. The combination, with the friction-cones a a that carry the rails 00 on their lower plane and second course, and carrying-chains that carry the rails 03 on their higher planes plane and to their said lower plane, of the ro-- tary tool-stocks a a with their boring-tools a, and cutter-heads a and carriages a a for reciprocating said rotary tool-stocks, with suitable mechanism for imparting a reciprocating movement to the carriages over their guides, with mechanism for rotating the tool-stocks with their tools, with mechanism for adjusting said tool-stocks, mechanism for securing said relishing-tools, which tools, in their action on the rail 00, while said rail is carried by said chains in its first course and plane, form the relishes on the ends of said rail, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with friction-cones that carry the rail 00 in its second course and plane, and chains that carry said rail in its first course and plane, and curved guides that guide said rail over its first courseand plane to its said qualities from the rail, while the tenon-heads form the tenons thereon, and the cope-tools form the copes while said rail 50 is carried by the chains in its first course and over its first plane, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the friction-cones, chains, and curved guides,that carry and guide the rail :0 ip its (lifterent courses and planes,

of the tool-stocks B said stocks carrying boring-tools Z) and mortising-tools b, and carriage B, for reciprocating said tool-stocks and tools, with mechanism for rotating said boring-tools b, mechanism for adjusting the tool-stocks,

securing means for the tools, With suitable mechanism for imparting a reciprocating movement to the carriage 13 over its guides 13, which reciprocating movement in point of time is just long enough for the action of said tools on the rail 00, substantially as described.

GEORGE \V. STEELE.

WVitnesses:

KITTIE INGLIS, J OHN INGLIS. 

